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American volleyball player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tonya Slacanin[1] (born March 28, 1968), formerly known as "Teee" Williams or "Teee" Sanders, is a retired female volleyball player from the United States. She won a bronze medal with the USA National Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[2] She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, finishing in seventh place.[2]
Tonya Slacanin | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Tonya Denise Williams (-Slacanin) | ||
Nickname | Teee | ||
Born | Tonya Denise Williams March 28, 1968 (age 56) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Spike | 129 in (328 cm) | ||
Block | 120 in (304 cm) | ||
College / University | University of Hawaii | ||
Volleyball information | |||
Position | Outside Hitter | ||
Number | 1 | ||
National team | |||
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Medal record |
Among her achievements, Slacanin helped the national team win a silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata.[2]
Slacanin played college women's volleyball with the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team.[2] She helped Hawaii to the national title in 1987.[3] She was a three-time AVCA first-team All-American, and the 1987 and 1989 National Player of the Year.[4] She also set the record for most attacks in a match with 99 against Cal Poly on December 8, 1989.[5] In the same season, Slacanin set a school record with 44 kills in a match against UC Santa Barbara.[6]
In 1998, Slacanin was inducted into the University of Hawaii Sports Circle of Honor.[7]
Slacanin played for Orion Sesto San Giovanni Milano in the Italian championship in 1992–93, and then for PVF Parmalat Matera from 1996 to 1998.[8] She won the European "CEV-Cup" in 1994 with the German team USC Münster.[8] She also won as the national Championship and Cup title in Germany in 2004 with USC Münster.[8]
Slacanin won a German beach volleyball tournament in 2003, partnering with Ines Pianka.[2]
While playing collegiately at the University of Hawaii, Slacanin married an Army soldier by the last name Sanders, and her name became Teee Williams-Sanders.[3] The marriage ended in divorce with Slacanin taking back her maiden name of Williams.[3] She has since remarried, and is currently Tonya Slacanin.[1]
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